Shipping container



July 26, 1932.` F.- K. FILDES 1,868,633

' SHIPPING QONTAINER v Filed Jan; 23, 1931 Wmvas l .I INI/ENTOR- 2@ A y l\ edefzmmdes, BY

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and end walls.; and it Patented .luly 26, 1932 l SHIPPING CONTAINER Application led January 23, 1931. Serial rIhis invention relates to shipping containers such as are used in making shipments in separate consignments by railroad, .and which are separately removable from special cars designed to support them in transit.

Containers of the type referred to are ordinarily constructed with sheet metall top, side hasbeen the practice heretofore to Aconnect these side walls, top and end walls by angle strips which extend continuously around their perimetric edges meeting at opposite ends of the structures. rIhe bending of these continuous binding strips into conformity with the upper .corners of the container was extremely difficult of accomplishment in view of the sharpness of the angle and often precluded the formation of weathertightjunctures.

One obj ect of my invention is to overcome the above indicated drawbacks through use of separate horizontal and vertical strips terminating short of the upper corners of the containers, pieces to connect the container walls in the intervals between the separate binding strips aforesaid.

In addition to the foregoing, I aim to embody in the corner pieces, hoks for engagement by lifting'tackle incident to placement and removal of the containers with respect e to the supporting cars.

Otherv objects and attendant advantages.

of this invention will be manifest from the detailed description followingv in connection with the attached drawing, whereof Fig. I is a view showing, in side elevation, a fragmentary portion of a shipping container embodying the present improvements,

Fig. II is a corresponding fragmentary end elevation of the structure.

Figs. III and IV are detail sectional views taken as indicated respectively bythe arrows III-III and IV--IV in Fig. II.

With more detailed reference to these illustrations, the top or roofof the container is designated by the numeral 5, one of its side walls at 6, and one of its end walls at 7, these being all of sheet metal. In the present instance, thetop 5 is arched; while the end 7 is appropriately profiled to conform with the for permanently and'through provision of corner curvature of the top. The lateral edges of 1r. MIERICK K. FILDES, 0F ALTOONA., PENNSYLVANIA the top 5 are bent downwardly as at 9 to meet the side wall. 6 at which region the two are back ed up by a. reinforcing longitudinal 8 and )oined together permanently with rivets 10. Instead of the top,

end walls 5-7 of the nected, as ordinarily,

side walls, and structure being conby .a continuous angle bindingl strip, a separate horizontal binding strip V11 is here employed at each end of the structure to connect the top with the end wall,

and separate one is indicated at.12,

vertical binding strips,

whereof to connect each side wall with the end wall, the said separate strips terminating short of .theupper corner of the container. In

ferredpractice,

the contiguous ends of accordance with prerivets 13 are used as a means securing the separate bindwith interposition of 14 between them, and each line of the rivets ertight junctures.

connecting the top 5,

wall 7 in the interval between the binding strips 11 and 12 at each upper corner of the receptacle,

I provide a cast corner piece cross section. It is to 16 of right angle be particularly noted that the extremities of the corner piece are recessed as at 17 and 18 for capacity to lap the ends of the binding strips 11 and 12. To insure weather tightness, strip packing 19 (Figs. II and III) is placed between the corner piece and the overlapped areas of the container walls, the packing backed by washer plates 20 and all secured ets 21.

To dispense with the ynecessity together with rivfor separately attached hooks for engagement by the lifting tackle employed in tainer, I integrally form such as shown with a hook handling the coneach corner piece at 22, the said hook being suitably reinforced by vertical and horizontal webbing at '23 and 24.

In addition to the attributes already pointed out, my invention greatly facilitates assembling of the various parts that enter into the construction of shipping containers, and

it moreover a tion capable of withs ifords a sturdy corner constructanding rough usage 'horizontal and with insurance against the development of open seams at the designated region.

ile I have described a particular corner construction representing' one embodiment of my invention in a shipping container, it will be apparent that various changes may be made in the specific form of binding strips and corner pieces herein disclosed without departing from the spirit of the invention; and it will be further understood that in using the term hook, I mean to include any like form of securing means adapted for engagement by lifting tackle.

Having thus describedmy invention, -I claim:

l. A shipping container of the character described having side walls, top and end walls of sheet metal, separate horizontal and vertical binding strips terminating short of the upper corners of the container and connecting its top and side walls with the end walls and corner pieces continuous with the horizontal and vertical binding strips aforesaid, connecting the top, side and end walls of the container and completely filling in the intervals between the binding strips, the said corner pieces being integrally formed with hooks for engagement by lifting tackle.

shipping container of the character described having side walls, top and end walls of sheet metal; separate horizontal and vertical binding strips terminating short of the upper corners of the container and -respectively connecting the top and side walls with the end walls; and angle pieces connecting the top, side walls and end walls of the container in the intervals between the binding strips, the said corner pieces overlapping 4.0`

the ends of formed with ing tackle.

3. A shipping container of the character described having side walls, top and end walls of sheet metal; separate horizontal and vertical angle binding strips terminating short of the upper corners of the container and connect'ng its top and side walls with the end walls; and corner pieces continuous with the vertical binding strips aforesaid, also of angle section connecting the top, side and end walls of the container and completely filling in the intervals between the inding strips, the said corner pieces being integrally formed with hooks for engagement by lifting tackle.

4:; A shipping container of the character described having side Walls, top and end walls of sheet metal; separate' horizontal and vertical angle binding strips .terminating short of the upper corners` of the container and respectively connecting the top andy the side walls with the end walls; and corner piecesalso of angle section connecting the top, side walls and end walls of the container in the intervals between the binding strips,

the binding strips and being hooks for engagement by liftthe said corner pieces overlapping the ends of the binding strips and being formed with hooks for engagement by lifting tackle.

In testimony whereof, I signed m this 19th 

